diff --git a/backend/sportsmatch/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties b/backend/sportsmatch/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe3e4b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/sportsmatch/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://quirky-bugbear-7185.7tc.aws-eu-central-1.cockroachlabs.cloud:26257/sportsmingle?sslmode=verify-full
+spring.datasource.username=matt
+spring.datasource.password={ask for it}
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
+spring.jpa.show-sql=true
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=true
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.use_sql_comments=true
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.generate_statistics=true
+spring.h2.console.enabled=true
+spring.mvc.hiddenmethod.filter.enabled=true
+
+spring.jpa.defer-datasource-initialization=true
+spring.sql.init.mode=always
+
+app.sportsmingle.initialization.database-init=true
+app.sportsmingle.jwt.secret=j20qeDeHCI6vGstychuoW2mknL8kmmQW66UCTDSz4jNfSNdd1eUpqEsUfVkOq9tO
+app.sportsmingle.frontend.url=sportsmingle.app
+
+app.sportsmingle.num-game-threshold=5,15,25
+app.sportsmingle.k-factors=25.0,15.0,10.0
+app.sportsmingle.k-factor-default=5.0
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diff --git a/frontend/sportsmatch-app/.env b/frontend/sportsmatch-app/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed5ee609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/sportsmatch-app/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+VITE_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:8080
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diff --git a/frontend/sportsmatch-app/.env.production b/frontend/sportsmatch-app/.env.production
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..408a3f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/sportsmatch-app/.env.production
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+VITE_BACKEND_URL=
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diff --git a/frontend/sportsmatch-app/src/App.tsx b/frontend/sportsmatch-app/src/App.tsx
index 8a040528..5b8d2a61 100644
--- a/frontend/sportsmatch-app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/sportsmatch-app/src/App.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import HostEvent from './pages/HostEvent'
 import { useEffect } from 'react'
 
 function App() {
+  OpenAPI.BASE = import.meta.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL
   OpenAPI.TOKEN = localStorage.getItem('token')!
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/sportsmatch-app/src/vite-env.d.ts b/frontend/sportsmatch-app/src/vite-env.d.ts
index 11f02fe2..401a59ba 100644
--- a/frontend/sportsmatch-app/src/vite-env.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/sportsmatch-app/src/vite-env.d.ts
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
 /// <reference types="vite/client" />
+
+interface ImportMetaEnv {
+  readonly VITE_BACKEND_URL: string
+}
+
+interface ImportMeta {
+  readonly env: ImportMetaEnv
+}